Double-roller shade and light-shield supporting bracket



Oct. 20,1925. 1.552516 W. H. FORSE. JR

DOUBLE ROLLER SHADE AND LIGHT SHIELD SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed Sept. 15. 1924 F1 l PIG'L I LEAD I Y I l DZ3z2 l :8 16 INVENTOR.

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Patented Get. 2), 1925.

UNIT ED ST A TES WILLIAM H. FORSE, JR,

or Anna-risen, INDIANA.

DOUBLE-ROLLER SHADE AND LIGHT-SHIELD"SUQPU-RT'ING BRACKET.

Application filed September 15, 1924. a Serial No. 737,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM H. Fonsn, Jr a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anderson, county of Madison, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Double-Roller Shade and Light-Shield Supporting Bracket; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to acombination plural roller shade and light shield construction for windows and is an improvement upon the construction shown in the patent to A. S. Lord, No. 606,468, issued June 28, 1898, and is a continuation in part of an allowed copending application, Serial No. 529,464, filed January 16, 1922. The last mentioned application issued as .Patent 1,5095% Sept. 28, 1924.

:The chief object of the invention is to construct a bracket in such a manner that a pair of identical brackets is sufficient to support a pairof roller shades and a combination shade guard and light shield in the general arrangement shown in. the bGfOlG-IIIGIP tioned patent.

The chief feature of the invention consists in the complete reversibility of the bracket, and the present invention is directed particularly to the reversibility ofthe bracket with respect to the supported shield and also with respect tothe mounting of said shield in relatively immovable relation.

The full nature of the invention will be understood fromthe accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an interior and front elevational view of .a window c011- struction of the guillotine type provided with a pair of roller shades a combination shade guard and light shield and a pair of identical supporting brackets for securing the same together in the relationship illustrated. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesanie. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view of the bracket shown at the left of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side elevational viewo-f this bracket. Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the bracket shown at the right in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of the last-mentioned bracket. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the bracket.

In the drawings 10 indicates a window frame constructed in the usual .or any preferred manner and is provided with .a pair of windows or sashes 1.1 of the guillotine type. It is to be understood that intermediate ;the top and bottom ,portions of :the window frame, there is supported at each side a bracket, which bracket is adapted to support a pair .ofoppositely directed shade rolls 12 and 13, .12 indicating the uppier roll and 13 the lower roll, which rolls of necessity have clearanceibetween them when unrolled. As shown in the before-mentioned patent,

the space between saidshades is blocked by a light shield, and herein }the numeral 14 indicates such a shield, which in the present instance as shown by the dotted lines in the several figures and constitutes nothing more than asingle sheet of suitable material and relatively free from all .protuberances or sockets for supporting purposes. These shade rollers according to-thepresentjpra'ctice are not only similar but are identical and each is provided with a rotatable end and a stationary end, said ends being connected by the usual roll construction. The rotatable end is circular and the stationary end is rectangular in end elevation.

.Priortotheinvention disclosed inthe so pending application,of which this invention is a continuatiomit has been impossibleto form a single bracket, two of which are adapted to be reversibly positioned with respect to each other for simultaneously supporting a pair of shade rolls in the general arrangement, previously described and -main tain in supported relation said shade rolls. Said maintenance is secured as follows: It has beeen the practice to position the rotatable end of the shade roll in a circular socket or bearing by substantially axial move ment. Thereafter the stationary. and rectangular end of the shade roll is substantially laterally inserted into a rectangular or similar socket. By means of the invention disclosed in the co-pending application, it i has been possible to utilize a pair of identical brackets for supporting a pair of shade rolls in the manner indicated and maintain the same in supported relation. This has only been possible through theprovision of an arcuate channel providing entrance to a rectangular socket positioned at an angle to the horizontal and vertical, which arcuate channel has one wall intersecting the outer wall ofthe socketso as to providea sharp projecting corner and the other wall of said channel merging with an end wall of said socket.

In the co-pending application previously referred to, there is illustrated a plurality of opposed portions formed upon the bracket, which opposed portions were adapted to define a groove or channel, which groove was adapted to slidably receive a light shield, which light shield was provided with a retaining upper flange to prevent complete passage through the seat or grooves of said shield. The present invention contemplates an addition to the beforementioned bracket and in this connection the addition is such that the bracket is reversible and the light shield requires no projections for limiting its movement when positioned.

In Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive the body portion of the bracket is indicated by the numeral 15, and said body portion is provided with a pair of openings 16, which openings are adapted to secure the bracket to the inside 01" the window casing where desired or necessary. Extending angularly from the body portion is a pair of ears'17 and said flange portions are apertured at 18, whereby the bracket may be anchored to the front portion of the window casing where desired or necessary and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The body portion 15 includes two projections 19, one of which includes a circular opening 20 forming the circular socket or bearing for the rotatable end of the shade roll. The other projection 19 is provided with a rectangular opening 21 inclined to both the horizontal and vertical, access to which is had by the arcuate channel 22 previously described. All of the foregoing is disclosed in the co-pending application previously referred to and forms no part of the invention herein disclosed, except so far as it may be included in combination with the novel features hereinafter to be pointed out.

The body 15 includes a suitable number of opposed projections 23. Herein three are illustrated, it having been determined that three is sufficient, although more or less may be utilized. These three oppositely directed projections define a groove or seat adapted to receive the light shield 14 indicated in Figs. 3 to 7 inclusive by the dotted lines. The tongues 23 which are struck from the sheet metal body 15 are resilient and not only define the groove to receive the light shield, but also bear against the opposite sides thereof and prevent rattling movement 01 the light shield toward and away from the window. Adjacent each end of the groove thus defined, there is positioned a tongue or projection'2t. These projections preferably are formed so that they extend inwardly and at right angles to the body 15. In either event that the bracket 15 is positioned upon the right or left hand side of the window casing, the lowermost tongue 2 1 constitutes a stop for the light shield 14: when positioned therein and prevents movement of the light shield through the seat or groove or channel defined by the projections While in some instances it may be desirable to return the upper portions 2 1 to their original positions, the same is generally not performed, for when the upper projections are deflected laterally to their normal position as shown by the several dotted lines in Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, said laterally positioned projections serve as retainers or spring members and are adapted to yieldingly retain the light shield in the desired position in the bracket and prevent rattling of the bracket in a plane parallel to the window, transverse rattling movement being prevented by the before-mentioned tongues Herein the dotted lines 25 indicate the upper position of the members 24': which actas spring members. When so positioned, it is to be understood that the projections 2% must be returned to their initial position from which they were stamped or into alignment with the body portion. \Vhen positioned as indicated by the numeral26, such a return movement is not necessary, for the projecting portion 2 1 will be moved into the position indicated by the numeral26 simultaneously with the insertion of the light shield. Furthermore, the rounded end of the light shield when thus positioned, serves in a measure to form a barb to engage the lateral edge of the light shield, if of wood or similar material, and thus resist considerable upward force. The

aforesaid non-rattling arrangement is particularly desirable where a sheet metal light shield is utilized, since a plain fiat sheet metal shade suitably colored to match the shade colorswill satisfactorily serve. If desired, the light shield may be made of wood or other suitable material and likewise it may be covered in any-suitable manner without departing from the invention.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a bracket of the character described, the combination of shield-retaining groovedefining means, a pair of members positioned in the groove thus defined, one of which is adapted to serve as a stop and prevent movement of the shield through the groove and the other of which is adapted to have a yielding engagement with the shield for preventing rattling movement of the shield in a plane parallel to the groove and having its free edge directed toward the other member and adapted to engage the shield and prevent ready removal of the shield from the groove but permit the ready seating of the shield in the groove.

2. In a bracket of the character described,

the combination of shield-retaining groovedefining means, and a pair of members positioned in the groove thus defined, one of which is adapted to serve as a stop and prevent movement of the shield through the groove and the other of which is adapted to have a yielding engagement with the shield for preventing rattling movement of the shield in a plane parallel to the groove and having its free edge directed toward the other member and adapted to engage the shield and prevent ready removal of the shield from the groove but permit ready seating of the shield in the groove.

, 3. A reversible bracket including in combination a socket comprising a rectangular opening positioned at an angle to the horizontal and vertical, and an arcuate channel providing access to the rectangular opening and having one wall intersecting the outer wall of the opening so as to provide a sharp projecting corner and the other wall of said channel merging with an end wall of said opening, another socket comprising a circular opening, shield-retaining groovedefining means, a pair of members positioned in the groove thus defined, one of which is adapted to serve as a stop and prevent movement of the shield through the groove and the other of which is adapted to have a yielding engagement with the shield for preventing rattling movement of the shield in a plane parallel to the groove and having its free edge directed toward the other member and adapted to engage the shield and prevent ready removal of the shield from the groove but permit the ready seating of the shield in the groove.

4. A reversible bracket including in combination a socket comprising a rectangular opening positioned at an angle to the horizontal and vertical, and an arcuate channel providing access to the rectangular opening and having one wall intersecting the outer wall of the opening so as to provide a sharp projecting corner, and the other wall of said channel merging with an end wall of said opening, another socket comprising a circular opening, shield-retaining groove-defining means, and a pair of members positioned in the groove thus defined, one of which is adapted to serve as a stop and prevent movement of the shield through the groove and the other end of which is adapted to have a yielding engagement with the shield for preventing rattling movement of the shield in a plane parallel to the groove and having its free edge directed toward the other member and adapted to engage the shield and prevent ready removal of the shield from the groove but permit ready seating of the shield in the groove.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

WILLIAM H. FORSE, JR. 

